On the effect of tip vortices in low-Reynolds-number post-stall flow control

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Taira, Kunihiko ^a,b   Colonius, Tim ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAT PLATE; INDUCED VELOCITY; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LIFT ENHANCEMENT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY BLOWING; TIP VORTEX; TOP SURFACE; WAKE VORTEX;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ASPECT RATIO; FLOW CONTROL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

LOW ASPECT RATIO WINGS;

EID: 78549250712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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